I’ll try anything. I’ll do anything. I’ll explore. Try different takes.
My Mum taught me great manners. And she always told me that you can be or do whatever in life, as long as you don’t hurt anyone and you’re happy. My Mum’s great; I adore her.
I did loads of auditions and I didn’t get called back. I still get giddy at all the people I get to work with, and I’m still enjoying the work and enjoying life too much that I don’t feel like I’ve done that much.
Girl trouble, for me, is when you fall in love.
It can be a bit annoying if another actor is trying to talk to the director and the wife is sitting on his lap.
Magic is at the core of myths.
Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death – and everything else is open to discussion.
I’m not going to lie, there are more interesting ways to spend your time than answering questions about yourself. But if there were no questions to ask me, I might have a beef with that.
If you do a fifteen hour day on a film, there’s a lot of time standing around but at the end of that, you want to go home to your hotel room and have a bite to eat, watch a movie and go to bed.
I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate – it’s not a new philosophy I’m sharing – more than hardship, hardship tends to unify.
Seven years sober. I’m really grateful. It’s really lovely to be present in my life.
Anything that’s different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it’s driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character’s existence is a big help.
I’m just a true Irish boy at heart.
I like to go for a little drive up the California coast.
I’ve got plenty of love in my life already in the form of my sons and a few good friends who I value dearly.
I was never an A student, but I was really well behaved until I was 13 or so.
I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there’s a place for films that pry more into the human condition.
I love my kids. I’m crazy about them.
The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.
I take acting very seriously. I put everything I have and know into it.